Hydrant.



,'A. GBRANEK.

HYDRANT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 115, 1910.

Patented 1111111211911.

STATES PATENT OFFICE. r

. njxnmcnnanng or aUnUBoN, Iowa.

Application-tied August 16, 1910. Serial kNo. 577,181.

To al1 whom it Mmmm: l'

resident of- Audubon, Audubon county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Hy- `tdrant, of which the following is a specicn ion. l.

The obiect of this invention is to provide y anV improved construction for hydrantsv whereby said hydrant can be removed from and replaced in the ground and in relation to `My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out 1n my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevat1on; partly 'm section,

. showlng a complete' hydrant in positiony for practicaluse. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a hydrant illustrating the construct-ion' thereof, portions of a water pipe and 'key rod being ,broken away to economize space.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sect1on on the indicated line 3-4 of Fig. 2, lookin upward. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the in icated line3-4 of Fi g2, lookngdownward.

In t e construction of .the device as shown a valve chamber is built'np of a base plate 10, a cylinder 11 and cap plate 12 detachably connected by ,boltsI ,13 extending through them. The bolts 13 preferably are arranged with their heads directed downwardly and nuts 14 on their upper ends. A threaded aperture 15 is formed inthe center of the. baseplate 10 and is adapted' to be screwed on an upturned endl portion of a service pipe 16, which service pipe Apreferably is located under ground, below the frost line and at the bottom of a well or' box 17 liucd with a casing or tiling 18. Thecasing or tiling 18 is of an interior diameter/such as will. admit the valve chamber -for free rotary and vertical movement therein. The cylin# der 11 is formedwith a rabbet 1l) on its lower end and a washer plate 20 is mounted in said rabbet and extends over thecentral portion ofthe base plate 10 conccntricwith The `cap plate 12 is formed with a recess or chamber 21 at one sideAof its center, which recess or together' with said recess, forming a dis- Ascrewed at its lower end into sai `aperture and is secured rigidly therein by he ca-p plate 12 also is formed with a central threaded aperture 23. and a ipi e 24 is t readed l, from the interior of the cylinder 11. .I Be it known that I, ALBERT Carmen, a T -citizen of the United States of America, and

heaictionethttvrhtent Patented/Mar..21,1911.

a set'screw 25. A washer 26, preferably made of leather, is mounted in a rabbet 27 inthe i1 per end of the cylinderll concentric wit the threaded aperture 23. The washer26 is formed with a central openin registering with the aperture 23 and sai washer extends at one side across therecess 21. An expansive coil spring28 is mounted in the recess 21 and impinges at its ends re spectivcly on the uvper face of the washer wall of the recess.A The 26 and the upper g spging 28 preferably is spiral and does not o` tract the discharcethrough the recess 21 and waste port 22. it is the function of the spring 28 to depress a portion of thewasher 26 at times and in so doingopen a space' or passageway', 29 between said washer and aportin of thel cap plate 12 so that liquid may pass from the interior offthe cylinder 11 to the recess 2l. A screw member or block 30 is mounted in the cylinder 11 and isformed with a double screw on its periph ery mating with a double screw on the `in d The block 30 is assages for ports 31 from top in a row concentric with its tcrior of said cylinder. formed with to bottom an center, which provide means for the assae the upper surface of the base plate 10. The

block 30 is formed with a lateau or boss 36 of segment form on and e evated `relative to its upper surface. It is the function of the plateau or 'boss 36 to enga e and lift the `depressed ortion of the was er 264 at times and in so oing close the passageway 29, A head member 37 is screwed on the upper cndportion of the pi e 24 and is provi ed with a laterally exten 39 in. its upper end and pac ing 40 beneath.

Vthe gland. The block 30 is formed with a centraiaperture angular in'cross-scction and.

1n s out 38. a land u g g 11o1 A`afili'ey'frod 4131's iiioi'inted through'thewglandi 39 and extends through the hea member' 37, the pipe 24 Vand `apertiirel2.' `yThekeyr'od 41 is 'formed with an angular'lowerhend portion adapted for en, ,rageinentl With-*and in the aperture in the center of the block '30. A* pin or key 42 is mounted 'transversely' of the key rod-41-Within the head :member 37 and. limits upward movement of said key praiztical use' the parts. are 'assembled,

:in clo" di'pos'ition, as shown in the draiving. 1- 1111s( ositionthe block 3 0 isfat its lowernet m liguriangpasgihiodgh 'said aperl"ture into thefeylinder 111.g In .this position. yfalso liquid-' contaiiied. in the 'pipe 24 one5tliirdi-it revolution tlieA key rodl `4l .rotate A causes it to rise by, threaded iengageinent? with the ,eylinderllfto, the top of' 'said 'eyl i ii d er, tlius raising the iva`lye."34. fioiinits, seatand lpermitting the passage of liquid s cendby discharge of a .like quantity d from the cylinderv through the pas'- 31, Jrecess 2l an' d waste port 22.

rod L1 isf'rQtated manually in vthe direcofy the arrow in Ifig. l3 lapproxiinatel'y Such movement'rof the fblock :30. xand,

from the service pipe through the threaded aperture l5, ythe lower portion of the-'cylinder, the ports 3l, the upper portion of the cylinder, thethreaded aperture`23,the pipe 24, the headmember?, and the spout 38. In theA rotation land ascent .of the block i i. the segmental'plateauH or boss 3G travels beneatli vand in engagement with and elevates' the depressed portion of the Washer 26 and closes-,the passageway 29 as above suggested. The closing of the hydrant is effected byreverse movement ofthe key rod 41 manually and in such closing the plateau o iyboss 3 6 is removed from the Washer 2 6Qa`iid permits I th'e-spr1ng. 28' agai-n'to depressa portion of Seid uw Washer and open the passageway 29 for w te or discharge of the contents of the lil/Then vit is desiredto remove the.

hydrant f orrepair or substitution 'of any o its parts-for for cleansin of the interior l tief movmentpndholds the v alvethereot, suoli` removal fis e -ected by use of Atime and Water maybe efl'ected in vnonfreezing iveatlierley removing the spring 28 vand allowing the Washer 26r` normally to close the recess 21. The removal and replac--. ing of the spring he eiected ny removing they-cap plate l2 Vfrom the cylinder 11 at any time when the hydrant is out ofV "i'tse'aSiig'K I claim as my inventionv1. In a hydrant, a valve.chainber, a rotary valve 'plug therein, said Valve chamber f'rmed with a Waste-port, a xflexible Washer ysubjacent to the Waste port, said valve plug formed with a face adapted to engage said flexible Washerrand close thewaste port.

2. Ina hydrant, a...va1ve` chamber, a rotary valve plug therein, said valye -chamber formedwith a -fwaste port', a flexible washer subjacent to the Waste port, andanexpan- ,sive coil spring in said Waste port adapted to depress a portion of said flexible washer, said yalveplug -forined .w ith .agface adapted 3; In a hydrant, a yalve. composed -of abaseI plate, a cylinder and a cap plate rigidly connected,the base plate ada t'- cd to, be screwed on aiseryice pipe, a va ve plug threadedin` said cylinder, a pipe leading from the cap. plate, a ke rodextending through said pipe and detac ably connected to said valve plug, said'cappl ate formed with recess opening` to the cylinderf and also formed with a waste port openingfrom the recess to the exterionfa exible Washer subjacent to ,the ap platefand underlying said recess,

va vspring in said .recess adapted to depress a portion offtlie flexible Washer atftimes, the valve plug formed with a contacting face adapted to eng@l eian'draise the depressed portonof. the f exiblev'asher='against the resilience' .of thei'spring,v th'e. valve plug formed with vertiical ports.

4.1m la hydrant a `valve., chamber composed of a base plate, af cylinder and a cap plate rigidly connected, the baseplate ada ted to. be screwed on service pipe, a va ve plug threaded in saidc'ylincler, a pipe lead- ,ing from the cap plate 'and'.rigidly yet re- `movably secured thereto, a'gkey ro extendingthrough said pipe Adetachably connected to said valve plug, said cap plate formed, with a recess openingto the cylinder and also formed with, a-Waste port opening i fromthe Waste port. to the exterior', a fiexi- `ble washei.su b]acent .tothe capy plate and underlying said recess, a spring in said re- "ccss adapted to depress a Aportion of the .flexible Washer at times, formedwith a contacting face adapted 4to the .valve plug engage and raise the depressed portion of the flexible Washer against the resilience of the spring, thevalve plug formed with vertical ports.

5. In a hydrant, a vvvalve chamber composed of a baseplate, a' cylinder and a cap platerigidly connected, the base plate adapted tohe screwed on a service pipe, a block threadedin said cylinder, a `valve.plug de- -tachably ymounted in and depending from to engage said.flexible.,washer and clos'e. the

` recess, e' spring 1n seid lecese adapted te de emvned with a Waste port opening from the Said Mock, a valve on said plug overlying times, the end of 'the service pipe, a. pipe fixed 'to Said cap pate andv communicating through it with the cylinder, a key rod extending l ihleugh said pipe and detachably eonnected l to seid block, seid cap plate formed with a' l recess opening to the cynder and' als@ the block formed Vwith a contacting face adapted to engage and raise the depressed portonoj the exble Washereganst 15 the resilience of the spr11g,the block formed with vertical ports.

Signed by me at Des Moines, tenth day of March, 1910B ALBERT v GERANEK.

Iowa, this recess to the exterior, a Hexble Washer subjacent to the cap plete and underymg salf VVltnesees;

S. C. SWEET,

prees a. portion of the exible washer" at l EARL M. SINCLAIR. 

